28. For I say to you, among those born of women, no one is greater than the prophet John the Baptist. But he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."
29. And upon hearing this, all the people and the tax collectors justified God, by being baptized with the baptism of John.
30. But the Pharisees and the experts in the law despised the counsel of God concerning themselves, by not being baptized by him.
31. Then the Lord said: "Therefore, to what shall I compare the men of this generation? And to what are they similar?
32. They are like children sitting in the marketplace, talking with one another, and saying: 'We sang to you, and you did not dance. We lamented, and you did not weep.'
33. For John the Baptist came, neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'
34. The Son of man came, eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a voracious man and a drinker of wine, a friend of tax collectors and of sinners.'
35. But wisdom is justified by all her children."
36. Then certain Pharisees petitioned him, so that they might eat with him. And he went into the house of the Pharisee, and he reclined at table.
37. And behold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner, found out that he was reclining at table in the house of the Pharisee, so she brought an alabaster container of ointment.
38. And standing behind him, beside his feet, she began to wash his feet with tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, and she kissed his feet, and she anointed them with ointment.